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Reference (shelfmark):: Or 16517
Title:: [Ottoman ruzname]
Scope & Content:: An Ottoman Turkish almanac comprising 12 pages of tables of predictions by each day of each month of the year. The manuscript starts with an overview of the year and its correlation to the zodiac (f. 2r), followed by monthly predictions. The monthly predictions are accompanied by advice purporte...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: 18th century-19th century
Extent:: 1 text, 7 ff

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 16604
Title:: Hidāyat al-sālikīn fī sulūk maslak al-muttaqīn
Scope & Content:: Hidāyat al-sālikīn fī sulūk maslak al-muttaqīn, in Malay in Jawi script. A MS from Aceh. Hidāyat al-sālikīn fī sulūk maslak al-muttaqīn, ‘A guide for travellers on the path of those who fear God’, by Abdul Samad of Palembang (‘Abd al-Ṣamad al-Falimbānī, ca. 1704-1789), is a Malay adaptation o...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic and Malay
Date Range:: 1783
Extent:: 1 volume; 106 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 16620
Title:: [Manuscript containing two texts related to Mevlana Rumi]
Scope & Content:: This volume contains the following two works: (1) 3v-37v, Fatihü’l-ebyat – فاتح الابيات This is İsmail Rusuhi Ankaravi’s (died 1041 AH/1631 CE) commentary in Ottoman Turkish on the first eighteen beyitler of Mevlana Rumi’s (died 672 AH/1273 CE) Mesnevi. (2) 38v-138r: [Risāla-i Sipahsālār] – [...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: 1032
Extent:: 2 texts, 142 ff

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 16620 (1)
Title:: Fatihü’l-ebyat - فاتح الابيات
Scope & Content:: This section (3v-37v) contains a commentary in Ottoman Turkish on the first eighteen beyitler of Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi’s (died 672 AH/1273 CE) classic Mesnevi-i ma‘nevi. It also includes explanations of some difficult points and words from elsewhere in the Mesnevi. The commentary was authore...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: 1032
Extent:: 34 ff (3v-37v)

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 16678
Title:: Islamic texts in Arabic with interlinear Javanese translations
Scope & Content:: Islamic religious texts in Arabic with interlinear Javanese translations and marginal notations. A: f. 1r. incomplete verses of Sūrat al-Baqarah: 163 and 255 (ayat Kursi), commonly read during dhikr and for other purposes, including tahlil. B and C: ff. 1v.-17r. Umm al-barāhin by Abū ‘Abd All...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic and Javanese
Date Range:: Late 19th century
Extent:: 1 item; 30 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 16679
Title:: Islamic texts in Arabic with interlinear Javanese translations
Scope & Content:: Islamic religious texts in Arabic with interlinear Javanese translations and marginal notations. A: ff. 1v.-2r. and f.51v. appear to belong together. The present a chart dealing with three types of hukm (law) in Javanese, namely (1) syarak lima, (2) [not seen here, but implicitly hukum akal] an...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic and Javanese
Date Range:: Late 19th century
Extent:: 1 item; 51 folios

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